Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival

Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival

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Use Switch HORI Drum on Steam
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This guide will show you how to get the Switch version of the HORI Drum Controller working with the Steam version of Rhythm Festival.

This is a one-time setup, so after you follow these steps once, your drum will automatically work in future sessions!

You can also follow this guide for other controllers or drums that aren't automatically recognized by the game
(As long as your PC recognizes them as controllers. This guide will not work for peripherals that are recognized as keyboards.)
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Steam Settings
Plug the drum into a USB port on your PC.
In Steam, go to Settings > Controller and click Begin Setup next to Taiko Controller.
Button Setup
Press each corresponding button as instructed in the setup. For thumbstick directions, simply press A to skip them.
IMPORTANT! Check the drum diagram below for where to map L3, R3, L2 and R2. These specific buttons are crucial for the drum to work.
Confirm Steam Input
Confirm that Steam Input is enabled by clicking the controller button in the game's library page and checking that it says Using Steam Input Translation.
If there is an Enable Steam Input button, click it.
Play!
Launch the game, select Play with the Drum Controller and have fun!
Dons Not Working? Try This!
There seems to be an issue with the current version of Steam where skipping the left stick and right stick directions during the setup causes Steam to believe L3 and R3 do not exist on the controller.
To work around this, we will have to manually add the stick axes ourselves in a Steam config text file.

- Exit Steam.

- Open Steam\config\config.vdp in a text editor of your choice.

- Search "Taiko" and it should bring you to a section that looks like this:

- Replace that section with either one of these two, depending on your ABXY layout preference:

Xbox Layout
030054f10d0f0000f000000000000000,HORI. Taiko Controller,crc:f154,platform:Windows,a:b1,b:b2,x:b0,y:b3,dpleft:h0.8,dpright:h0.2,dpup:h0.1,dpdown:h0.4,leftstick:b10,rightstick:b11,leftshoulder:b4,lefttrigger:b6,leftx:a0,lefty:a1,rightshoulder:b5,righttrigger:b7,rightx:a2,righty:a3,back:b8,start:b9,guide:b12,misc1:b13,steam:2,

Nintendo Layout
030054f10d0f0000f000000000000000,HORI. Taiko Controller,crc:f154,platform:Windows,a:b2,b:b1,x:b3,y:b0,dpleft:h0.8,dpright:h0.2,dpup:h0.1,dpdown:h0.4,leftstick:b10,rightstick:b11,leftshoulder:b4,lefttrigger:b6,leftx:a0,lefty:a1,rightshoulder:b5,righttrigger:b7,rightx:a2,righty:a3,back:b8,start:b9,guide:b12,misc1:b13,steam:2,

- Save, open Steam, launch the game and test.
32 Comments
dada416 16 Feb @ 1:52pm 
dont work
T 9 Feb @ 7:34pm 
Honestly a shame this controller is so unusable without modding it
Ren 6 Feb @ 2:07pm 
hijacking this for if anyone is using a wii tatacon with a raphnet adapter, use this in steam config since steam input won't let you not bind A button

030000009b2800008000000000000000,raphnet technologies 1-player WUSBMote v2.2,crc:ade3,platform:Windows,leftstick:b0,rightstick:b2,lefttrigger:b1,righttrigger:b3,steam:2,
NELZØN 2 Feb @ 2:47pm 
Same... Looks like the L3/R3 issue was coming from steam's end.
Sanaret 29 Jan @ 11:12pm 
I deleted my settings and the set the controller up from vanilla, looks like the L3/R3 issue is resolved now after the latest steam update
Sanaret 27 Jan @ 5:35pm 
I think the config may "stick" depending on if you swap to either the Xbox/Nintendo layout in the config. I dont know if it was coincidence but mine also overwrote itself until I swapped to the other option
NELZØN 27 Jan @ 2:23pm 
The drum it self is in there but, everytime when i restart the steam client it automatically reverts itself like the drum was never there... Maybe the config file is tied somehow to our steam cloud??

Oh and another thing that i noticed: the drum it self now appears as "HORI. Taiko Controller" instead of "Taiko Controller" (In steam settings that is. Windows still recognizes as Taiko controller).

Windows also recognizes the dons in the debugger (so as steam) so it is my belief that the game needs some sort of a patch for it to work.
Bug  [author] 27 Jan @ 12:05pm 
Sorry, I don't know of any other workarounds at the moment.
The drum should be in config.vdp assuming you went through the controller setup steps.
Goku From Dragon Ball 27 Jan @ 9:49am 
i can't seem to find my controller in the config,vdp file, everytime i search for either taiko or controller it doesn't find anything. any other way to fix the issue?
NELZØN 25 Jan @ 5:16pm 
Cannot save the vdf file.. it overwrites it self every time when im about to start steam..
Might as well contact volvo about it?